On May 28, Officers stopped a vehicle in the 1200 block of Belmont St for no license plate. The Driver, Xavious Lawhane Smith (33) was found to be wanted on municipal warrants. He was arrested for the warrants. While inventorying the vehicle post arrest, prescription medications, for which the driver had no prescription, were located in a center console. Smith was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.
On May 29, Ashley Shay Stout (41) was arrested for Aggravated Assault of a Family Member after officers answered multiple calls in the 1600 block of Martin Luther King Dr. Stout was found to have assaulted a family member by striking him in the head with a grocery bag containing unknown objects. Stout was belligerent and intoxicated and was transported directly to the Lamar County Jail.
On May 28, Officers responded to the 2100 block of E. Price after a known suspect assaulted a family member, the victim, with a knife and with a box cutter. The victim advised that he had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend about his phone and the suspect then procured a large kitchen knife and attempted to stab him. The victim attempted to run from the suspect but she continued trying to cut and stab him with the knife, then with a box cutter. The suspect fled the scene once notified that police were notified, discarding the box cutter into a nearby dumpster. Officers checked the victim’s welfare, made a report, and located the box cutter. The suspect was not located at this time.
Officers made 24 traffic stops, 6 adult arrest, and answered 82 calls for service for this reporting period
